All 27 Uses of
grave
in
The Fountainhead
- Dominique bowed gravely.†
Chpt 1.10gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- When questioned about his first wish on returning to earth, he had expressed the desire to kiss the most attractive woman present, had chosen the dowdiest old hag from the crowd and bent to kiss her gravely on the forehead, explaining that she reminded him of his mother.†
Chpt 1.12
- There was a grave feeling of brotherhood in the room, in the presence of the pale, handsome boy who looked solemn as at his first communion.
Chpt 1.15 *grave = serious and solemn
- Toohey listened gravely.†
Chpt 2.4gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- "I have never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Roark," Toohey answered gravely.†
Chpt 2.5
- Well, I'll tell you," Mallory said gravely.†
Chpt 2.11
- She inclined her head gravely in acquiescence.†
Chpt 2.14
- Dominique returned the kiss gravely.†
Chpt 2.15
- "Whenever I can," said Wynand gravely.†
Chpt 3.3
- He inclined his head gravely, acknowledging the authorship, and said nothing else.†
Chpt 3.8
- Ellsworth Toohey wrote: "The paradox in all this preposterous noise is the fact that Mr. Caleb Bradley is the victim of a grave injustice."
Chpt 4.1grave = serious and solemn
- The streets of the city lay gravely empty around him, and the dark masses of the buildings rose to the sky, confident and unprotected.†
Chpt 4.6gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- "Thank you, Peter," he said gravely.†
Chpt 4.14
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Her face was grave, her voice gentle when she answered: "Oh, I'm sorry.†
Chpt 2.2
- A hundred years from now they will write about you in history—and search for your grave in Potter's Field.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- But Ellsworth never wavered in his manner of grave courtesy toward Aunt Adeline.†
Chpt 2.9
- But the grin vanished suddenly, and he sat looking at the telephone, his face grave.†
Chpt 2.11
- Don't you find it interesting to see a huge, complicated piece of machinery, such as our society, all levers and belts and interlocking gears, the kind that looks as if one would need an army to operate it—and you find that by pressing your little finger against one spot, the one vital spot, the center of all its gravity, you can make the thing crumble into a worthless heap of scrap iron?†
Chpt 2.12
- He was represented by his attorney a handsome gentleman, tall and grave as an ambassador.†
Chpt 2.12
- She could not forgive Dominique's grave politeness.†
Chpt 2.15
- But he looked grave when he congratulated Dominique and he found little to say to her; there was a pleading look in his eyes when he glanced up at her face.†
Chpt 2.15
- Then he pulled himself erect, he put both forearms in a straight line along the edge of the desk, his fingers stretched and meeting, he looked down, past his nostrils, at the surface of the desk, he sat for a moment, grave, proud, collected, like the angular mummy of a Pharaoh, then he moved one hand, pulled the envelope forward, opened it and began to read.†
Chpt 4.2
- She had never expected Wynand to come to an office unannounced and to ask admittance in that tone of grave deference.†
Chpt 4.4
- He remembered what he had said to Dominique once: "A complicated piece of machinery, such as our society...and by pressing your little finger against one spot...the center of all its gravity...you can make the thing crumble into a worthless heap of scrap iron..."†
Chpt 4.6
- —where one begins to float and there's no law of gravity.†
Chpt 4.12
- No law of any kind of gravity at all.†
Chpt 4.12
- She was laughing at the law of gravity.†
Chpt 4.12
Definitions:
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(1)
(grave as in: Her manner was grave.) serious and/or solemnThe exact meaning of this sense of grave can depend upon its context. For example:
- "This is a grave problem," or "a situation of the utmost gravity." -- important, dangerous, or causing worry
- "She was in a grave mood upon returning from the funeral." -- sad or solemn
- "She looked me in the eye and gravely promised." -- in a sincere and serious manner
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
Better known meanings of grave and gravity:Less common meanings of grave:- grave -- a place where a dead body is buried
- gravity -- in the sense of physics to refer to the force of attraction between all masses in the universe--especially the force that causes things to fall toward the earth
- death -- as in "A message from beyond the grave."
- describing a color as dark
- to sculpt with a chisel
- to clean and coat the bottom of a wooden ship with pitch
- grave accent -- a punctuation mark (`) that is used in some non-English languages, and that is placed over some letters of the alphabet to tell how they are pronounced.
- grave musical direction -- in a slow and solemn manner